Cities #WithRefugees
Cities #WithRefugees
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Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Abuja, Nigeria Adana, Mediterranean Region, Turkey Aix-les-Bains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Alba, Provincia di Cuneo, Italy Albuquerque, NM, USA Albury City, New South Wales, Australia Altena, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands Anchorage, AK, USA Ann Arbor, MI, USA Annemasse, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Antipolo City, Rizal, Philippines Arauca, Colombia Arica, Arica y Parinacota Region, Chile Athens, Attica, Greece Atlanta, GA, USA Arua, Uganda Baku, Azerbaijan Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Barrie, Ontario, Canada Batumi, Georgia Batouri, East Region, Cameroon Berbera, Sahil, Somaliland/Somalia Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy Berlin, Germany Bern, Switzerland Bertoua, East Region, Cameroon Biograd na Moru, Croatia Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Borama, Somalia Bosaso District, Bari, Somalia Bosilegrad, Serbia Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber, UK Braga, Norte Region, Portugal Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo Brighton, South East England, UK Bristol, South West England, UK Bruges, Flemish Region, Belgium Brussels, Belgium Bucharest, Romania Buenos Aires City, Argentina Buffalo, NY, USA Bunkyō, Japan Bursa, Marmara, Turkey Byron, New South Wales, Australia Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Cainta, Rizal, Philippines Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria Canelones, Uruguay Canterbury Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia Canberra, Australia Cardinia, Victoria, Australia Casino, New South Wales, Australia Chicago, IL, USA Chula Vista, CA, USA Clarkston, GA, USA Crescent City, CA, USA Curridabat, San José, Costa Rica Dallas, TX, USA Darebin, Victoria, Australia Del Norte County, CA, USA Denver, CO, USA Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Desamparados, San José, Costa Rica Dilijan, Tavush Province, Armenia Dire Dawa, Ethiopia Djohong, Adamawa Region, Cameroon Douala, Littoral Region, Cameroon Drummondville, Quebec, Canada Dublin, Leinster, Ireland Dudelange, Luxembourg Duhok Governorate, Iraq Durham, NC, USA East Region, Cameroon Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Erbil, Iraq Escazú, San José, Costa Rica Esteio, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Evanston, IL, USA Fongo-Tongo, Cameroon Fribourg, Switzerland Gabiley, Somalia Galway, Connacht, Ireland Ganja, Azerbaijan Garoua-Boulai, East Region, Cameroon Gatineau, Quebec, Canada Gaziantep, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Gananoque, Ontario, Canada Ghent, Flemish Region, Belgium Government of the province of Salta, Argentina Grande-Synthe, Hauts-de-France, France Graz, Styria, Austria Greater Dandenong, Victoria, Australia Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada Hangu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Hargeisa, Somaliland Haripur, Khyber, Pakistan Goris/ Syunik Province, Armenia Gjirokaster, Albania Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Guelph, Ontario, Canada Guiuan Eastern Samar, Philippines Gyumri, Shirak, Armenia Heraklion, Crete, Greece Hiroshima, Japan (President City of Mayors for Peace) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Houston, TX, USA Hrazdan, Kotayk Province, Armenia Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK Innsbruck, Austria Imus, Philippines Ioannina, Greece Istanbul, Turkey Jackson, WY, USA Jacksonville, FL, USA Jijiga, Ethiopia Joliette, Quebec, Canada Jonava District Municipality, Lithuania Kabul, Afghanistan Kamakura City, Japan Kalumbila town Council, Zambia Kampala, Central Region, Uganda Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Kapan, Armenia Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Kelowna, BC, Canada Kentzou, East Region, Cameroon Kette, East Region, Cameroon Kigali, Rwanda Kilis, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey Kingston, Ontario, Canada Koboko, Uganda Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Konya, Central Anatolia, Turkey Kortrijk, Flemish Region, Belgium La Louvière, Wallonia, Belgium Lagos, Nigera Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Lane Cove, New South Wales, Australia Larissa, Greece Lausanne, canton of Vaud, Switzerland Leicester, East Midlands, UK Leuven, Flemish region, Belgium Liège, Wallonia, Belgium Limerick City & County Council, Ireland Livadia, Boeotia, Greece Ljubljana, Slovenia London, UK |
Los Angeles County, USA Los Angeles, CA, USA Los Chiles, Alajuela, Costa Rica Louisville, KY, USA Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Lucca, Tuscany, Italy Madison, WI, USA Madrid, Spain Maicao, La Guajira, Colombia Malakand District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Malevizi, Greece Manchester, North West England, UK Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Masis, Ararat Province, Armenia Marinka, Donetsk, Ukraine Mariupol, Donetsk, Ukraine Marrakech, Morocco Matosinhos, Norte Region, Portugal Mechelen, Flemish Region, Belgium Medenine, Tunisia Medellin, Colombia Meiganga, Adamawa Region, Cameroon Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Metropolis, IL, USA Mexico City, Mexico Milan, Lombardie, Italy Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Mingachevir, Azerbaijan Minneapolis, MN, USA Missoula, MT, USA Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia Mogadishu, Benaadir, Somalia Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Mons, Hainaut, Belgium Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica Montevideo, Uruguay Montgomery County, MD, USA Montreal, Quebec, Canada Nagasaki city, Japan Naintré, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Nakano, Japan Namur, Wallonia, Belgium Naples, Campania, Italy Nashville, TN, USA Nea Ionia, Greece Neapoli, Greece New York, NY, USA Ngaoui, Adamawa Region, Cameroon Niamey, Niger Nicosia, Cyprus Niederanven, Luxemburg Ogoja, Cross River State, Nigeria Okayama, Japan Ōmura City, Japan Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand Paris, Île-de-France, France Paterson, NJ, USA Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Pessat-Villeneuve, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Philadelphia, PA, USA Pittsburgh, PA, USA Podgorica, Montenegro Port Moody, BC, Canada Prince Albert, SK, Canada Providence, RI, USA Puerto Asís, Putumayo, Colombia Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia Quezon City, Philippines Quibdó, Chocó Department, Colombia Quilicura, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador Randwick, New South Wales, Australia Renens, Vaud, Switzerland Reykjanesbær, Iceland Richmond, British Columbia, Canada Richmond, VA, USA Rimouski, QC, Canada Rochester, NY, USA Ryde, New South Wales, Australia Saint-Genis-Pouilly, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada Salt Lake County, UT, USA Saltillo, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico San Mateo, CA. USA San Antonio, TX, USA San Diego, CA, USA San Fernando, La Union, Philippines San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Philippines San José, Alajuela, Costa Rica San Luis Province, Argentina Şanlıurfa, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey Santa Ana, Pampanga, Philippines Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines São Paulo, Brazil Setouchi City, Japan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Sauverny, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Schuttrange, Luxemburg Sergy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Sfax, Tunisia Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber, UK Shibuya, Japan Sioux Falls, SD, USA Soja, Japan South Orange, NJ, USA Sapporo, Japan Setagaya, Japan St. Cloud, MN, USA St. Louis, MO, USA St. Paul, MN, USA State of Cross Rivers, Nigeria Strasbourg, Alsace, France Summerland, British Columbia, Canada Sumqayit, Azerbaijan Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Tbilisi, Georgia Toyoake city, Japan Tokyo, Japan Thessaloniki, Greece Tilos, Greece Tirana, Albania Torino, Piedmont, Italy Toronto, Ontario, Canada Trikala, Greece Touboro, North Region, Cameroon Tsuruga City, Japan Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Union City, CA, USA Upala, Alajuela, Costa Rica Valencia, Spain Valle del Guamez, Putumayo, Colombia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Vardenis, Gegharkunik province, Armenia Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada Vienna, Austria Vigan City, Ilocos Region, Philippines Villa Alemana, Valparaíso Region, Chile Warsaw, Mazovia Province, Poland Wausau, Wisconsin Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia Wiltz, Luxembourg Winooski, VT, USA Yerevan, Armenia Yokadouma, East Region, Cameroon Yokohama City, Japan Zamboanga City, Philippines Zurich, Switzerland |
We, mayors and local authorities from around the world, stand #WithRefugees. The role of towns, cities, counties and provinces in creating inclusive communities and promoting hope has never been as important. Refugees leave nearly everything behind to seek safety: their homes, their jobs, and sometimes even their families. Despite the unimaginable sacrifices refugees make to find safety, many keep their hopes and dreams for the future. Refugees’ will to survive and their drive to help their families and communities prosper are not easily extinguished by adversity.
When refugees arrive to a new country, nearly two out of three settles in an urban area. As cities, we are undeniably at the forefront of refugee crises, and our communities benefit from their tenacity and courage. Welcoming refugees creates opportunities for economic, civic and social growth. The diversity of experiences and ideas refugees bring spurs creativity and innovation. For example, both Albert Einstein and Sergey Brin were refugees. Their contributions did not just change our communities; they changed the course of human history.
As cities, we are constantly working to improve our infrastructure, services, and administrative systems in order to meet governance challenges, such as incorporating large inflows of new residents. This work is critical to our shared future. As leaders, we have a responsibility to receive and include new residents with care in order for our cities to become stronger and more resilient to change. Ultimately, those among us who rise to this call for leadership will reap the benefits of societies that are the most productive, the most modern, and the most filled with promise.
As local authorities, we shoulder the enormous responsibility of providing access to housing, health care, education, skills training, and employment opportunities for newcomers and long-term residents alike. Solutions to refugee crises start at the local level and require that everyone plays a part: every city, every neighbourhood, and every individual can contribute. As leaders, we must create spaces where everyone can live in safety, become self-reliant, and contribute to and participate in their local community.
The vital work that cities do can be a model for others, forging a path forward as national governments created and adopted a Global Compact on Refugees to strengthen international crisis response. Our work as mayors and city authorities is primarily local, but when we are united in purpose with each other and our refugee, internally displaced and stateless residents, the impact of our solidarity will be global.
Join us and stand #WithRefugees. Together we can make a world of difference.